But to make a holiday record that involves favorite American songs and then also get to sing about Jesus birth, it just seemed like a real easy, subtle way to combine a couple of things that I love.
I like things that are over the top and subtle at the same time.
I feel like fear is a very real thing, a very ubiquitous thing, and it can be very subtle.
Naturally, women are drawn to a man who understands the subtlety of emotions, and they know I'm a passionate man. But the reason I try to keep myself in shape is so I can sing better, not to look good.
People don't think the struggles gay people have are worth talking about because everyone's decided that we're all equals now. Those struggles are much more subtle now. But the weight of being different does carry on.
Homophobia obviously still exists, but it is a lot more subtle, and it is a lot more in the background.
I think there's a weird stigma in the TV-film world that theater people can't be funny and understand subtlety, and I think that could not be more wrong.
The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health.
If you clean it up, get analytical, all the subtle joy and emotion you felt in the first place goes flying out the window.
I'm kind of intimidated by the big screen - I often keep my performances much smaller and much more natural and subtle.
